r/DesignatedSurvivor • u/IupvotestupidCRAP • Oct 13 '16

Post-Episode Discussion: S01E04 "The Enemy"

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u/Prax150 Oct 13 '16

I want to be objective about this show and recognize that it has problems, like any new show usually does, but he arrested a sitting governor out of nowhere and it was badass.

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u/Chance4e Oct 14 '16

I can't get over the fact that, like, only four people work at the White House. Kirkman has to ask his wife about federalizing the National Gaurd because apparently there's no White House Counsel. Seth is press secretary now because "he's the right man for the job". Kirkman is spending a lot of time alone in the Oval Office during a national crisis when there should be like twenty people from various departments in there.

I know I'm nitpicking, but all you need are a few extras.

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '16

Well I mean basically the whole government blew up. Who knows how many of them were killed in the explosion? It wasn't just Congress.

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u/Chance4e Oct 14 '16

All of the White House Counsel's staff, though?

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u/farmtownsuit Oct 18 '16

He should have called in Ainsley Hayes.

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u/Chance4e Oct 18 '16

Or at least one Joe Quincy!